I have no willpower at all. Zip. Nada. Zilch.
But I spent a long time feeling awful for no good reason. Depression, brain fog, fatigue, weird feet, all of that stuff.
One bad day, I finally learned the reason. Soon after, I got meds, a meter and a medically recommended, but bad, diet.
Numbers refused to go down despite meds. Not enough meds. Got meds adjusted. Still no joy. Did some research. Found this place.
Dropped bad medical diet, went low carb. Felt better immediately, and I'm still seeing improvement. (Literally. My eyes were wonky, too.) Granted, some days are nowhere near as good as others, but every day is better than the pre-diagnosis past.
If I had to depend on willpower AT ALL, I'd still be crawling about on Square One.
But Gizmo's right -- low carb does lower the cravings. Feeling better? That really takes their power away!